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Dole beckons for the shortest children

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Children bowled over by subtle sales pitch

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Why English children can't add up

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Science : Brain detectives see memories in their true colours

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Big science may force Britain to mortgage the future

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Doctors divided over cold turkey made easy

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Mothers grieve for lost freedom

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Science : Brain regions stutter to a halt

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US retreats on tribal whaling

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Research funds miss the mark

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Crisis looms over whaling ban

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Blood on the water - Britain's refusal to support the lifting of the worldwide ban on commercial whaling could bring back the bad old days of uncontrolled slaughter

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